Start Rico Dowdle or Blake Corum? Week 10
Updated Nov 10, 3:41 PM ET. Locks at kickoff, graded after. Week 11 answer posts Tuesday.
Start Rico Dowdle over Blake Corum

- Market projects
- 9.8
- fantasy pts
- CIN D vs RB
- 19.4
- 8th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 40%
- Through Week 8
- Target share
- 10%
- Through Week 8

- Market projects
- 9.1
- recent weeks avg
- ARI D vs RB
- 20.7
- 16th fewest to RBs (2026)
- Snap share
- 31%
- Through Week 9
- Target share
- 5%
- Through Week 9
Should I drop Rico Dowdle for Blake Corum?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Blake Corum projects 60 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (8.5 a game over 7 games), Rico Dowdle 34 (4.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Rico Dowdle over Blake Corum. So make the move after his Week 10 game.
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Our Week 10 call
Start Rico Dowdle over Blake Corum in Week 10.
Market-based projections have Rico Dowdle at 9.8 points and Blake Corum at 9.1, a gap of 0.7. That is inside the noise of a single catch, so treat it as close to a coin flip. No player market is posted for Blake Corum this week yet, so his 9.1 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7, 8 and 9 (8.5, 9.6 and 9.1); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Rico Dowdle at ADP 76 and Blake Corum at 128.
What the market projects
Player markets imply 9.8 fantasy points for Rico Dowdle, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.
The market-based projection for Rico Dowdle is 32 rushing yards, 14 receiving yards, 2-3 receptions and 0.4 touchdowns (10, 10, 10 and 11 market sources).
No Week 10 player market is posted for Blake Corum yet. His market-based projections were 8.5, 9.6 and 9.1 points in Weeks 7, 8 and 9, an average of 9.1, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.
The market-based projection for Blake Corum is 0.6 touchdowns (7 market sources).
That puts Rico Dowdle 0.7 points ahead of Blake Corum on these projections.
Week 10 matchups
Rico Dowdle and PIT visit CIN on Sunday at 8:20 PM ET.
CIN allowed 19.4 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 7 games, the 8th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 86 yards and 0.7 touchdowns a game against CIN and caught passes for 30 more yards.
Blake Corum and LAR visit ARI on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET.
ARI allowed 20.7 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 16th fewest in the league.
Running backs ran for 99 yards and 0.6 touchdowns a game against ARI and caught passes for 30 more yards.
By points allowed to the position, Blake Corum has the softer matchup.
Injury status
Rico Dowdle is not on the injury report.
Blake Corum is not on the injury report.
Usage before Week 10
Through Week 8, Rico Dowdle played 40 percent of PIT snaps, took 37 percent of the carries, drew 10 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.
Rico Dowdle, Week 2 against NE: 18 of 70 snaps, 7 carries for 22 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 22 yards.
Rico Dowdle, Week 6 against TB: 21 of 79 snaps, 7 carries for 40 yards, 4 targets and 3 catches for 9 yards.
Rico Dowdle, Week 7 against NO: 28 of 64 snaps, 9 carries for 41 yards, 6 targets and 6 catches for 45 yards.
Rico Dowdle, Week 8 against CLE: 28 of 59 snaps, 15 carries for 56 yards, 0 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.
Through Week 9, Blake Corum played 31 percent of LAR snaps, took 37 percent of the carries, drew 5 percent of the targets and had 16 percent of the red zone chances.
Blake Corum, Week 6 against ARI: 16 of 58 snaps, 9 carries for 42 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.
Blake Corum, Week 7 against LV: 32 of 72 snaps, 17 carries for 93 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 8 yards, 1 touchdown.
Blake Corum, Week 8 against LAC: 17 of 54 snaps, 11 carries for 73 yards, 1 target and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.
Blake Corum, Week 9 against WAS: 27 of 75 snaps, 11 carries for 58 yards, 2 targets and 0 catches for 0 yards, 1 touchdown.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025, Rico Dowdle played 17 games for CAR and scored 216.3 PPR points, 12.7 a game, finishing RB18.
He ran 236 times for 1076 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 39 of 50 targets for 297 yards.
He was on the field for 56 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
In 2025, Blake Corum played 17 games for LAR and scored 122.2 PPR points, 7.2 a game, finishing RB40.
He ran 145 times for 746 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 8 of 14 targets for 36 yards.
He was on the field for 29 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.
Their other Week 10 calls
Locks at kickoff, graded after. When the start/sit engine grades week 10, the call and the result appear on the public record, wrong ones included.
Drop or keep
Should I drop Rico Dowdle for Blake Corum?
Yes, on the rest of the season. Blake Corum projects 60 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (8.5 a game over 7 games), Rico Dowdle 34 (4.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Rico Dowdle over Blake Corum. So make the move after his Week 10 game.
Should I drop Blake Corum for Rico Dowdle?
No. Keep Blake Corum: he projects 60 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (8.5 a game over 7 games), Rico Dowdle 34 (4.2 a game over 8 games). For Week 10 the call starts Rico Dowdle over Blake Corum.
Week 10 on the board
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